AWESOME ARTS ACCESS AUCTION: What a night of fun, bidding, networking and entertainment! Thanks to the generosity of many sponsors, supporters, volunteers and auctioneer Grant Henderson of Bayleys Real Estate, the sixth Awesome Arts Access Auction was a huge success. A special thanks to Victoria Spackman, Director of Te Auaha, for providing a fantastic venue. For more

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Audio described ballet for blind and low-vision patrons

16 November 2018Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2018 Ryman Healthcare Season of The Nutcracker, which is touring the country over November and December, includes audio described performances for blind and low-vision audience members. The Nutcracker opened in Wellington, and is now touring to Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland. Read more

LitCrawl celebrates diversity in Wellington

12 November 2018“There’s no such thing as a disabled writer. We are all just writers.” That was the moot of a debate attended by a huge crowd at CQ Hotels Wellington during the LitCrawl Wellington festival on Saturday 10 November.. Organised by Wellington writing group Crip the Lit, the debate included Mandy Hager, Paula Tesoriero and Henrietta Bollinger taking the negative, with Steff Green, Alisha Tyson and Trish Green taking the affirmative. Matthew Jansen was the adjudicator. Read more

Te ao Māori offers light to prisoners

25 October 2018Prisoners at Otago Corrections Facility listen to Rue-Jade Morgan when he tells them they can change their lives for the better. That’s because they know he’s been where they are now; that he once spent several years inside for aggravated robbery. These days, Jade (Kai Tahu) teaches a foundation studies course at Otago Polytechnic. As part of his role, he also teaches a tikanga programme at Otago Corrections Facility. Read more

Te Mana Wahine in women’s prisons

25 October 2018A new cultural programme, Te Mana Wahine, is responding to the growing population of women prisoners in New Zealand by working with the women to develop their identity and cultural belonging, and build their connections to whānau and tamariki. It's been introduced into each of the three women’s prisons: Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility, Arohata Women’s Prison in Wellington, and Christchurch Women’s Prison. Read more

Pablos Art Auction a chance to give back

26 September 2018“I like watching the sky: the clouds moving, the contrasts of colour and shape and shade.” Rosemarie, an artist at Pablos Art Studios in Wellington for the past three years, is talking about the artwork she donated to the Pablos Art Auction on Friday 26 October. Read more

Exhibition sparks conversation about autism

17 September 2018An invitation to speak at an Arts For All Otago Network meeting about making the arts accessible to people with autism sparked an exhibition at the Otago Museum of artwork by 28 autistic artists. Driving the project was Tanea Paterson, who shared the Arts For All Otago Network stage with Sheryl Davies of Altogether Autism. Read more